[4.01] An Automated Telescope for Education and Outreach

G. S. Burks, T. G. Guzik, J. E. Tohline, A. Landolt (LSU)

In this time of limited resources, the problem of providing an up to date
facility for education and outreach needs to be addressed.
One solution to this problem is a joint venture between Louisiana State
University, BREC (the Park and creation Commission of East
Baton Rouge Parish), and BRAS (the Baton Rouge
Astronomical Society). The result of this collaboration is a facility
with outreach and educational space, a 20 inch Ritchey-Chretien telescope
with CCD camera, and volunteers from the amateur community for help with
the outreach mission.
We present an overview of the project, and show how the telescope will be
completely automated to allow use of the telescope by LSU students and
our outreach partners on the Internet. We explore the possibility for use
of this facility by a world wide audience over the web.

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